Full Freeview on the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter
Brian Butterworth first published this on - UK Free TV
Google Streetview | Google map | Bing map | Google Earth | 51.790,-1.179 or 51°47'25"N 1°10'46"W | OX3 9SS |
The symbol shows the location of the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmitter which serves 410,000 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
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Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which Freeview channels does the Oxford transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
64QAM 8K 3/4 27.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-12 QSPK 8K 3/4 8.0Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Oxford transmitter?
BBC South (Oxford) Today 0.4m homes 1.6%
from Oxford OX2 7DW, 6km west-southwest (258°)
to BBC South (Oxford) region - 6 masts.
BBC South (Oxford) Today shares 50% content with Southampton service
ITV Meridian News 0.9m homes 3.4%
from Whiteley PO15 7AD, 102km south (182°)
to ITV Meridian/Central (Thames Valley) region - 15 masts.
Thames Valley opt-out from Meridian (South). All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian+Oxford
How will the Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1950s-80s | 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2011 | 2011-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 23 May 2018 | ||
VHF | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | W T | W T | ||
C2 | BBCtvwaves | ||||||||
C29 | SDN | ||||||||
C31 | com7 | com7 | |||||||
C37 | com8 | com8 | |||||||
C41 | BBCA | ||||||||
C44 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C46 | _local | ||||||||
C47 | BBCB | ||||||||
C49tv_off | C5waves | C5waves | |||||||
C50tv_off | SDN | SDN | |||||||
C51tv_off | LOX | LOX | |||||||
C53tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | +BBCA | +BBCA | +BBCA | |||
C55tv_off | ArqB | ArqB | ArqB | com7tv_off | |||||
C56tv_off | COM8tv_off | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBCB | BBCB | BBCB | |||
C59tv_off | -ArqA | -ArqA | -ArqA | ||||||
C60tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | -D3+4 | |||
C62 | SDN | ||||||||
C63 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 14 Sep 11 and 28 Sep 11.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 500kW | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-7dB) 100kW | |
SDN, ARQA, ARQB | (-10dB) 50kW | |
Analogue 5 | (-11dB) 40kW | |
com8 | (-14.7dB) 17.1kW | |
com7 | (-14.8dB) 16.4kW | |
Mux 1*, Mux 2*, LOX | (-17dB) 10kW | |
Mux C*, Mux D* | (-18dB) 8kW | |
Mux A*, Mux B* | (-19.2dB) 6kW |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Oxford transmitter area
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Saturday, 23 February 2019
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Charmian Martin9:45 AM
MikeP
Thank you for your reply and suggestions. However, after following your instructions, no channels returned so I gave up and watched on line. I am pleased to report that the service has returned this morning and all is well at present. Thanks for endeavouring to help.
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Charmian Martin9:50 AM
MikeP
Thanks for responding and your suggestions. However, after following your instructions there was still no signal so I gave up. Happily, I can report that this morning the service has returned so all is well at present.
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Stu11:03 PM
Hi.
Not sure if I am allowed to post a link or not but I noticed on another site it mentioned atmospheric conditions are very bad...
"Weather related Freeview reception issues: Eastern England will see relatively strong interferece to terrestrial TV and radio in the next 48-72 hours. Parts of Wales, West Midlands and NW England are especially prone to some interference in the next 24 hours.
Later this weekend, all western parts of Britain and Ireland will see conditions conducive to very strong interference. Southern coastal areas will also continue to see periodic interference. Do not retune. This is not a fault with your local TV transmitter. "
Hope that helps. Had been having signal issues for most of Friday night. Tonight seems better. Am on the Oxford transmitter living near Cirencester (GL7).
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Sunday, 24 February 2019
MikeP
10:20 AM
10:20 AM
Stu:
Thanks for that. It's what we contributors have been saying for several days now. As we cannot control the weather it is a natural phenomenon that nobodt can control or change, so patience is required until the weather pattern changes.
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Sunday, 7 April 2019
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Bob2:49 PM
Aylesbury
Hi
The table at top puts COM7 and 8 at UHF 55 and 56. The table showing "future" tx freqs says they are on 31 and 37 as of 23rd May last year. Neither works for me. Which is correct?
I am using the other settings from here Digital UK | Multiplexes for guard interval etc.
Help!
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
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Bob3:04 PM
Aylesbury
Bob: Haha, the rule of asking questions on the internet strikes, and as soon as I turned off my entire AV setup except the pi, those two Muxes came up on 746 and 754. So something is interfering and I need to move stuff around.
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Bob's: mapB's Freeview map terrainB's terrain plot wavesB's frequency data B's Freeview Detailed Coverage
MikeP
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
Bob:
Your would get more useful information on channel usage by putting your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker Select the Detailed View option and that should then show you which channels are currently being used by your nearby transmitter(s).
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Tuesday, 14 May 2019
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Geoff Holmberg9:31 AM
For well over a year now I've been unable to get any of the Channels on com7 during the day. In particular 108 Al Jazeira. But none of the channels in this group work with out breaking up. Used to be fine over a year ago. I retuned the whole thing(as requested on Monday) but it made no difference.
However I get a reasonable picture in the evening - not great but watchable.
My postcode is OX73TN
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Thursday, 30 May 2019
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Stephen10:25 AM
Anybody else having a problem with Com7? it's fine during the day but virtually no signal in the evening!
Thanks
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Monday, 3 June 2019
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Stephen11:53 PM
Just realised that Com 8 is affected as well both seem to lose power at 8pm each evening
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